From kde-core-devel Thu Mar 01 09:12:02 2007 From: Luciano Montanaro Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:12:02 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: RFC: KSplash in KDE4 Message-Id: <200703011012.02216.mikelima () cirulla ! net> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=117274036320741 On mercoledì 28 febbraio 2007, Gary L. Greene, Jr. wrote: > > Now that I've said that, here are a few constructive things to say on > another approach. Lubas, you said that much of the slow down is caused by > KSplashML pulling in kio, et el. Is there maybe a way to refactor this so > it doesn't, while retaining the abilities it has now? If so, then the > speed issues are dealt with, and the feature-set remains high. Well, but how many features do you really want for a splash screen? The best feature it could have is to disappear quickly! :) Its real task is to distract the user while the desktop is loaded. If it adds time to the desktop-loading time, it is already failing its purpose, in my opinion. If you want something fancier, you may customize a screensaver... Luciano -- ./.. ../ /./. .. ./ /. /// // /// /. / ./ /. ./ ./. /// ././. // \\ // www.cirulla.net \x/